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Mar 2025
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Win The Day | Tim Ferriss, George Raveli...

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Tim Ferriss sits down with George Raveling to uncover the incredible story of how he came to possess the original copy of Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech and where it is now. Tim also talks with Ryan about the lessons he’s learned from the 88-year-old basketball icon, the best advice George has given him, and what working on What You’re Made For meant to him.


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